RpcNsBindingUnexportA function (rpcnsi.h)

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02/09/2023

The RpcNsBindingUnexport function removes the binding handles for an interface and objects from an entry in the name-service database.

Note This function is not supported on Windows Vista and later operating systems.

Syntax

RPC_STATUS RpcNsBindingUnexportA(
  unsigned long EntryNameSyntax,
  RPC_CSTR      EntryName,
  RPC_IF_HANDLE IfSpec,
  UUID_VECTOR   *ObjectUuidVec
);

Parameters

EntryNameSyntax

Syntax of EntryName.

To use the syntax specified in the registry value entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\DefaultSyntax, provide a value of RPC_C_NS_SYNTAX_DEFAULT.

EntryName

Pointer to the entry name from which to remove binding handles and object UUIDs.

IfSpec

Interface specification for the binding handles to be removed from the name service database. A null parameter value indicates not to unexport any binding handles (only object UUIDs are to be unexported).

ObjectUuidVec

Pointer to a vector of object UUIDs that the server no longer wants to offer. The application constructs this vector. A null value indicates there are no object UUIDs to unexport (only binding handles are to be unexported).

Return value

Value	Meaning
RPC_S_OK	The call succeeded.
RPC_S_INVALID_VERS_OPTION	The version option is invalid.
RPC_S_INVALID_NAME_SYNTAX	The name syntax is invalid.
RPC_S_UNSUPPORTED_NAME_SYNTAX	The name syntax is unsupported.
RPC_S_INCOMPLETE_NAME	The name is incomplete.
RPC_S_ENTRY_NOT_FOUND	The name-service entry was not found.
RPC_S_NAME_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE	The name service is unavailable.
RPC_S_INTERFACE_NOT_FOUND	The interface was not found.
RPC_S_NOT_ALL_OBJS_UNEXPORTED	Not all objects unexported.

Note For a list of valid error codes, see RPC Return Values.

Remarks

The RpcNsBindingUnexport function allows a server application to remove the binding handles and object UUIDs of resources from a name service database entry. A server application can unexport the specified interface and objects in a single call to RpcNsBindingUnexport, or it can unexport them separately. Only the binding handles that match the interface UUID and the major and minor interface version numbers found in the IfSpec parameter are unexported. Use the RpcNsMgmtBindingUnexport function to remove multiple versions of an interface.

Effective with Windows 2000, the RPC run-time environment uses the Active Directory as its name-service database. This means that an authorized unexported entries will be removed both from the local cache and from the Active Directory. Unauthorized unexports will only be removed from the local cache. See Access Control in the Security section of the Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) for more information on authorization and Access Control Lists.

If RpcNsBindingUnexport does not find any binding handles for the specified interface, the function returns an RPC_S_INTERFACE_NOT_FOUND status code and does not unexport the object UUIDs, if any were specified.

If one or more binding handles for the specified interface are found and unexported without error, RpcNsBindingUnexport unexports the specified object UUIDs, if any.

If any of the specified object UUIDs were not found, RpcNsBindingUnexport returns the RPC_S_NOT_ALL_OBJS_UNEXPORTED status code.

In addition to calling RpcNsBindingUnexport, a server should also call the RpcEpUnregister function to unregister the endpoints the server previously registered with the local endpoint-map database.

Once created, a server entry persists, even when all of the binding handles and UUIDs are removed. A server entry must have at least one binding handle to exist. As a result, exporting only UUIDs to a nonexisting entry has no effect, and unexporting all binding handles deletes the entry.

Use RpcNsBindingUnexport judiciously. To keep an automatically activated server available, you must leave its binding handles in the name-service database between the times when server processes are activated. However, with dynamic bindings, if you do not unexport binding handles, the Active Directory can become so large as to be unmanageable.

Therefore, before you call this function, keep in mind how long you expect the server to be unavailable, and the type of binding in use. If you are using static bindings, reserve this function for when you expect a server to be unavailable for an extended time—for example, when it is being permanently removed from service.

Note Name-service databases are designed to be relatively stable. In replicated name-service databases, frequent use of the RpcNsBindingExport and RpcNsBindingUnexport functions causes the name-service database to repeatedly remove and replace the same entry and can cause performance problems.

Note

The rpcnsi.h header defines RpcNsBindingUnexport as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	rpcnsi.h (include Rpc.h)
Library	Rpcns4.lib
DLL	Rpcns4.dll